THE WHITE GIFT BOX sits open in Casselba's lap, the mystery of the parcel now bare for all eyes to see. Ryan leans across from his seat to her side and Caden peers down hard from the settee opposite their position.
All gazes remain keen, intent, and contemplative of the two items contained in the gift box.
"What are they?" Ryan asks, his chiseled profile sliding close to Casselba's.
She calmly takes slow breaths to ease her rapidly beating heart. Casselba didn't need to gaze twice at the items in the box to know what they were. First, the gold ring signifies her status as the Luna of the RavenClaw pack. It bears the crest of the pack: a small raven with clawmarks borne into its wings.
The second, the piece with the RAVENCLAW inscription described everything else she needed to know. Someone out there had gotten wind of what'd happened at Los Padres.
